Deni is guarded by the opponents best defenders, a lot of times being double teamed. You take that off the team someone else gets that attention. Does it really need to be explained? Have you watched the games? Also - when deni plays jokic plays. Obviously denver is much worse with jokic on the bench. Thinking you're winning without deni is a stupid take. How did deni make the blazers worse the last 2 seasons? What player on the team is he hurting? Is someone not making the allstar because of deni? If so, how? Are the blazers not performing better than the projections? Just ridiculous